DELICTS AGAINST
RELIGION AND THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 1364 -
1369)

Can. 1364 §1.
Without prejudice to the prescript of ⇒ can. 194, §1, n.
2, an apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic incurs a
latae sententiae excommunication; in addition, a cleric can be punished with
the penalties mentioned in ⇒ can. 1336, §1, nn. 1, 2, and
3.

§2. If contumacy of long duration or the gravity of
scandal demands it, other penalties can be added, including dismissal from the
clerical state.

Can. 1365 A
person guilty of prohibited participation in sacred rites (communicatio in
sacris) is to be punished with a just penalty.

Can. 1366 Parents
or those who take the place of parents who hand offer their children to be
baptized or educated in a non Catholic religion are to be punished with a
censure or other just penalty.

Can. 1367 A
person who throws away the consecrated species or takes or retains them for a
sacrilegious purpose incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the
Apostolic See; moreover, a cleric can be punished with another penalty, not
excluding dismissal from the clerical state.

Can. 1368 A
person who commits perjury while asserting or promising something before
ecclesiastical authority is to be punished with a just penalty.

Can. 1369 A
person who in a public show or speech, in published writing, or in other uses
of the instruments of social communication utters blasphemy, gravely injures
good morals, expresses insults, or excites hatred or contempt against religion
or the Church is to be punished with a just penalty.